Mother, son questioned over stabbing death of Saudi neighbour

AMMAN — The Criminal Court prosecutor on Monday was questioning a man and his mother in connection with the stabbing death of their Saudi neighbour in an Amman suburb a day earlier, official sources said.

The 67-year-old victim received multiple stab wounds to different parts of his body, allegedly inflicted by his 22-year-old neighbour in the capital’s Rabia neighbourhood on Sunday night, a senior judicial source said.

In his initial testimony to police, the suspect told investigators that he “murdered his neighbour who lived above him because he was annoyed by a pounding noise the victim was making”, a second source told The Jordan Times.

The two had a heated argument that ended with the suspect reportedly stabbing his neighbour to death, the source said.

However, investigators are also looking into the possibility that the suspect’s 64-year-old mother might be involved in the stabbing, according to the judicial source.

“The mother is claiming to be the perpetrator although initial findings point to her son as being the main suspect in the case,” the judicial source explained.

Criminal Court Prosecutor Ishaq Abu Awad is still examining evidence, and questioning witnesses and the suspects.

“Abu Awad will press charges once he concludes who the perpetrator is,” the second source said.

The criminal prosecutor ordered the detention of the male suspect at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation into the incident.